George W. Bush and Dick Cheney received 271 electoral votes in 2000 after their win in Florida in the closest election in modern history.
William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1896 presidential election William McKinley received 271 electoral votes and William Bryan received 176 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,108,480 and Bryan 6,511,495.
Bush won the electoral vote despite losing the national popular vote. George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%). Green Party candidate Ralph Nader won 2,882,955 popular votes. Nader did not receive any electoral votes.
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
You see, there are also Electoral Votes involved in elections. Each state has a set amount of Electoral Votes; the amount depends on how many counties the state has. When the popular vote is done, it is determined who got the most votes in each state. Once that is determined, ALL of the state's Electoral Votes go to that candidate. After a certain amount of Electoral Votes, a candidate an automatically win the election. In case that was too confusing, here's an example. In the last election, more of Oregon's residents voted for Obama than for McCain. So, all their Electoral College votes (I believe they have 5) went to Obama. There's more about Electoral Votes (they don't always go to the right candidate, for example), but that's the gist of it.
Gerald Ford. He became vice-president under president Richard M. Nixon when Nixon appointed him as vice-pesident and the Senate confirmed him The appointment was needed because Nixon's cice-president, the one who had been elected, had resigned. Then when Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandald, Ford became president. The only person to become president without the benefit of election to vice-president or pesident. All other vice-presidents who succeeded to the presidency did so after they had been elected vic-president first.
In the election of 1896, McKinley had 271 electoral votes. In the election of 1900, he had 292 votes.
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William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1896 presidential election William McKinley received 271 electoral votes and William Bryan received 176 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,108,480 and Bryan 6,511,495. Incumbent President William McKinley won reelection in the 1900 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1900 presidential election William McKinley received 292 electoral votes and William Bryan received 155 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,218,039 and Bryan 6,358,345.
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%).
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes.
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%). Green Party candidate Ralph Nader won 2,882,955 popular votes. Nader did not receive any electoral votes. Florida's electoral votes ended up determining who was president in 2000. Florida cast its 25 electoral votes for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. The 2000 presidential election popular vote totals in Florida were George W. Bush 2,912,790 and Al Gore 2,912,253.
William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1896 presidential election William McKinley received 271 electoral votes and William Bryan received 176 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,108,480 and Bryan 6,511,495. Incumbent President William McKinley won reelection in the 1900 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1900 presidential election William McKinley received 292 electoral votes and William Bryan received 155 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,218,039 and Bryan 6,358,345.
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%).
William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1896 presidential election William McKinley received 271 electoral votes and William Bryan received 176 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,108,480 and Bryan 6,511,495.
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 and Bush 50,456,062.
The year 2000 was a fight for who would be the first new president of our millenium. The republican running was George W. Bush, and the democrat running was Al Gore. Bush narrowly won the election on November 7th by 5 more electoral votes than Gore.(Bush=271 electoral votes and Gore=266electoral votes):)
Bryan won 176 electoral votes, carrying 22 states in 1896, won 155 votes, carrying 15 states in 1900and won 162 votes carrying 17 states in 1908. He ran well in the South and West but never carried California.